Combined crochet work-bag and spool-holder.



A. S. HEMSTREET. COMBINED CROCHET WORK BAG AND SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912.

Patented Apr 7, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAIH (O-.W'ASHINGTOFL D. c,

ADELAIDE STARR HEMSTREET, 01 INDIAN HEAD, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

COMBIITLEFD CRQGI'IET WORK-BAG AND SPOOL-HOLDER.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

Application filed June 24, 1912. Serial No. 705,651.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELAIDE STARR Hitti- STREET, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Crochet WorlcBags and SpoolHolders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined crochet work-bags and spoolholders, as described in the present specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of a waist-strap, having a double-armed bracket secured thereon, and receiving a removable spool-holding spindle, and a pocket secured to said waist-strap and extending clownwardly therefrom beneath said double bracket.

The objects of the invention are to devise a holder for crochet-work or the like, which shall facilitate the keeping of the work in order, will support the thread in constant readiness for use, and will contain the work complete with crochet-needles or other instruments when not in use.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan sectional view through the spool-holder. Fig. 3 is an end elevation view of the spoolholder,

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponcling parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a waiststrap made of any desired ,material, and having the buckle 2 at one end thereof.

3 is a pocket comprising the back-piece 4: and the front-piece or pocket proper 5 secured thereto. The back-piece 4 of the pocket is stitched along the waist-strap 1 intermediate of the width thereof and adjacent the buckle 2.

6 is a bracket having the arms 7 and 8 extending outwardly from the back-piece 9. The back-piece 9 is formed with the flaps 10, which are bent over the waist-strap 1 and firmly secure said waist-strap between the back-plate 9 and said flaps 10, whereby the bracket is supported from said waiststrap with the arms 7 and 8 projecting outwardly. The arms 7 and 8, as also the backplate are suitably ribbed at 11 to materially strengthen and add to the rigidity of the bracket when formed from a light sheetmetal as'shown in the accompanying drawings. The arms 7 and 8 are also formed with the border flanges 12 for the purpose of strengthening the same and rendering them rigid. The arms 7 and 8 at the outer ends thereof have the tabs 13 and 14 respectively, formed from extensions at the end of the flanges 12, said tabs being turned back upon the side arms in the direction of the back-plate 9.

15 and 16 are orifices through the arms 7 and 8 adjacent the outer ends thereof, said orifices being covered on the outer side by the tabs 13 and 14.

17 are slots in the arms 7 of the bracket.

18 is a flat spring having one end thereof threaded through the slots 17, whereby it is securely held in position on the outside of the arm 7 at the inner end thereof, and extending inside the tab 13 and covering the orifice 15.

19 is a spindle having a collar 20 formed adjacent one end thereof.

The spindle 18 may be readily inserted in the bracket by placing the end with the collar 20 in the orifice 15, and forcing the same through said orifice against the spring 18, until the opposite end of said spindle may be inserted in the orifice 16 in the opposite arm, the spring 18 moving the spindle into the orifice 16 a sufficient distance to re tain the spindle in position for holding a spool or ball of crochet material.

It must be understood that a plain spindle may be used, though the collar 20 provides a means for readily placing the spindle in position, or removing the same when a spool is used, which takes up almost the entire length of the spindle. In this case, it would not be convenient to remove the spindle with the fingers, and it is only necessary to move the spool along until it contacts with the collar 20, when the spindle may be pushed inwardly against the spring to release the opposite end.

It must be understood that many forms of bracket, as also many modifications in the arrangement of the spindle and the means of securing the same in the bracket may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The combined spool-holder and pocket will be found most convenient in doing such work as crocheting, as the thread or other material held by the bracket is always in readiness for use, and at any time it is desired the Work may be readily placed in the pocket'without deranging the same.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a waist-strap, of a bracket comprising a base-plate having flaps formed integral therewith and clamped about said Waist-strap and a pair of arms extending outwardly therefrom and having orifices to- Ward the outer ends thereof, a spindle extending through the orifices in said arms and spring means for retaining said spindle in said orifices.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination With a Waist-strap, of a bracket formed of sheet metal and having a pair of flaps clamping about said Waist-strap, a pair of side arms having the ends thereof turned back upon themselves and a pair of orifices toward said ends in alinement with said turned-back portions a flat spring secured to one of said side brackets and extending under the turned-back end thereof and over the orifice and a spindle having a collar formed adjacent one end thereof and fitting the orifices in said arms and bearing against said spring. 1

Signed at Indian Head, Saskatchewan,

this 20th dayof February, 1912.

ADELAIDE STARR HEMS'IREET. lVit-nesses a -C. E. BOTHWELL,

R. H. HEMSTREET.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, I). G. 

